Both recently snaggedGolden Globe nominationsfor their performances.
Nyad and Stoll worked with navigator John Bartlett (Rhys Ifans) to plot the right course.
After her draft, the producers were won over by Coxs take.
Annette Bening in ‘Nyad’
Before long, the characters were just talking to me in my head.
Married documentary directors Vasarhelyi and Chin were chosen for the humanity they brought to the mountain-climbing docFree Solo.
They worked with Cox to depict both the physical feats Nyad accomplished and her character.
Vasarhelyi sat they cast Bening, the four-time Oscar nominee, for her maturity and fearlessness.
It was really important for us to cast age appropriately, she said.
We wanted an actor who was not afraid to play a woman who is complex.
Bening read the script during the pandemic and then got to know the real Nyad.
Im curious about what part of her does not feel capable.
What part of her is that?
As I said, its like the soft underbelly.
We all have that.
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